Humans
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Body & Brain
Thank your mom for your big brain, plus contagious itching and phobia therapy in this week’s news.
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Hidden dalliance revealed by X-rays
A high-tech analysis uncovers a 19th century painter’s do-over.
- Life
Great-grandpa’s genes gone, effects stay
Removing an obesity-preventing scrap of DNA from a mouse lineage doesn’t prevent descendants from reaping its slimming benefits for generations.
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Just breathing in Iraq can be hazardous
Poor air quality is an added danger for troops, testing indicates.
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New drug boosts hepatitis C treatments
An experimental medication has cleared a major hurdle and seems poised for FDA approval, two studies show.
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Worms live longer with thioflavin T
A dye commonly used by Alzheimer’s disease researchers to spot misshapen proteins gives lab nematodes longer lives, scientists say.
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New brain cell growth restores function
Regeneration in the hippocampus helps repair learning and memory after injury, mouse experiments suggest.
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Climate meddling dates back 8,000 years
Cutting down trees put lots of carbon into the atmosphere long before the industrial revolution began.
- Life
DNA flaws can stack up as cancer grows
Acute myeloid leukemia progresses by accumulating various mutations, according to an analysis of one man’s disease over time.
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Noise is what ails beaked whales
Large-scale experiments reveal a sensitivity to sonar, apparently at lower levels than other species.
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Obesity messes with the brain
Excess weight may compromise memory and concentration, possibly by spurring inflammation that damages white matter.
